wonen

From Middle Dutch wōnen, from Old Dutch wonon, from Proto-West Germanic *wunēn, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋoːnə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: wo‧nen
• Rhymes: -oːnən

wonen

1. (intransitive) to live (in a certain place)

• bewonen
• bijwonen
• inwonen
• samenwonen
• scheefwonen
• uitwonen
• woning
• woonachtig
• woonbaar
• woongemeenschap
• woongenot
• woongroep
• woonhuis
• woonkamer
• woonzaam

• Afrikaans: woon
• Jersey Dutch: wône
• Negerhollands: woon, won, wun

• wonne

From Old Dutch wonon, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną.

wōnen

1. to live, to have a home
2. to remain, to dwell

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: wonen
• Limburgish: woeane, wónne

• “wonen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wonen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

From Old English wunian (“to dwell, be accustomed to”).

wonen (third-person singular simple present woneth, present participle wonende, wonynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle woned)

1. to abide, to dwell
   • c. 1370–1390, [William Langland], “Passus primus de visione”, in The Vision of Pierce Plowman [...], London: […] Roberte Crowley, […], published 1550, →OCLC, folio v, verso:

     Therin wonneth a wyght that Wronge is Ihote / Father of falſhead, and founded it him ſelfe / Adam and Eue he egged to yll, / Councelled Cayne to kyll his brother

     Therein dwells a creature that Wrong is named, / Father of falsehood, and founded it himself. / Adam and Eve he egged to ill, / Counselled Cain to kill his brother

• English: wone